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2004 Inductee Roger Siesel
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very successful high school football career led to a highly
successful college football career, which in turn led to a
professional football career, which finally ended in a
successful football coaching career for Bellevue’s Roger
Siesel.
All-Northern Ohio League First Team in football in both 1950
and 1951, Siesel was also selected honorary captain of the
Redmen and was All-Ohio honorable mention lineman in 1951.
Following his very successful high school career, Siesel
became a walk-on at Miami of Ohio University in 1952,
eventually earning a football scholarship. He captained the
freshmen team for the Redskins that same year.
He earned his first varsity letter with Miami the following
season, helping to guide the team to an overall mark of
7-1-1.
In Siesel’s junior season of 1954, he was named Second Team
All-Mid American Conference, guiding the MAC champion
Redskins to an 8-1 record.
The honors really piled up for Siesel in 1955 when he helped
the team to a perfect 10-0 record. He was named All MAC
first team, All Midwest first team, Little All American
second team, Honorable Mention All American (I.N.S.),
Honorable Mention All American (Colliers), All Ohio First
Team (Ohio Colleges), was selected for and started the
Senior Bowl, was Miami’s Most Valuable Player, and won the
coaches
Outstanding Lineman Award.
In 1956, Siesel was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams of the
National Football League. However, Uncle Sam’s draft took
precedence and Siesel served his country in the U.S. Army,
helping to lead the Fort Knox, Ky. Football team to an
undefeated season.
In 1959, after Army life, Siesel had a short stint with the
Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, with an
ankle injury cutting his season short.
Then, in 1960, Siesel’s professional football career came to
an end with the Philadelphia Eagles with a career-ending
knee injury.
Siesel then turned to coaching, first, as an assistant coach
at Canton Perry High School from 1961-64. From there, Siesel
became an assistant with Wadsworth High School from 1965-67,
followed by an assistant coaching stint with Akron
Springfield High School from 1968-70, and finally, a head
coaching position with Tallmadge High School from 1971
through 1985.
Siesel is now retired and residing in Tallmadge.
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